The crowd paused for a moment in confusion.
Just as understanding and the chill set in belatedly—
The noise that echoed throughout the world welcomed a symphony.
Click. Click. Click. Click. The erratic clocks all stopped simultaneously, the hour, minute, and second hands all pointing to the center, and the phantoms scattered across the world disappeared at this moment, with the ever-flowing radiance solidifying in the firmament. Light and shadow, people and objects, everything came to a halt after the symphony. At this moment, the gears of the world ceased to turn, and the eternal flow of time halted midway, leaving a voiceless and tranquil world without time. Between the ashen sky and the pitch-black earth, all forms were anchored!
